Have banking sector reforms improved the share of net bank credit to the agricultural sector? Have profit-oriented norms persuaded commercial banks to neglect the agricultural sector? Does the...
Review Of Agriculture
That the promise of "free power" to agriculture wins elections was demonstrated in the 2004 elections to Parliament and assemblies (Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra). There is a need to understand why...
This paper tests for market integration in 55 wholesale rice markets in India using monthly data over the period January 1970 â?? December 1999. The technique of Gonzalez-Rivera and Helfand (2001) is...
Serious concerns have been raised recently about the long-run sustainability of the productivity effects of green revolution technologies in the light of the decelerating trend in the yield growth of...
Thailand is one of the pioneers in contract farming in Asia. The Thai state has actively promoted this mechanism of agricultural production and marketing coordination since the mid-1980s. This paper...
This paper explores the impact of spectacular agricultural growth on income distribution in rural West Bengal during the 1980s and early 1990s. It is revealed that during 1983 to 1993-94, when...
Often lack of political will is identified as the main reason for the tardy progress in irrigation reforms at the state level. Andhra Pradesh, however, has demonstrated the political will by...
The paper seeks to identify alternate land-use and management strategies to strengthen the livelihood base of poor marginal farmers in the dry forest peripheries of India. Land alienation, soil...
India and Pakistan are moving towards an era of mutual understanding and economic cooperation. East Punjab in India and west Punjab in Pakistan form the core regions of agriculture in these countries...
The paper attempts to examine the sustainability of the agriculture sector in the face of damages wrought by natural calamities. Frequent floods every year in Assam have been destroying standing...
The huge growth of tube wells has been considered a turning point in the agricultural history of Uttar Pradesh. Although in terms of ownership of modern agricultural implements various data have...
Poplar, one of the most common tree species planted under agroforestry in the north-western parts of the country, is losing its attraction among farmers because of declining economic returns...
The rationalisation of subsidies in watershed development programmes is critical not only to reduce the financial burden of the state but also to mobilise the effective participation of people and...
The prolonged crisis in the plantation sector has attracted widespread attention. The current situation of growing market uncertainties or depressed farm gate prices of four major plantation crops -...
This paper analyses various problems faced by the food processing sector in Andhra Pradesh, especially in instances of contract farming, with a focus on oil palm and gherkin. While contract farming...
